2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Behavioral Science is the 146th most popular major in the country with 3,469 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, behavioral science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,550 and had an average of $39,821 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 590 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,350 and $30,052 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 190 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in behavioral science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent behavioral science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the behavioral science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate in California.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Behavioral Science in California

#1

Imperial Valley College

Imperial, California

#1 in overall quality

$1,111 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Imperial Valley College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate in California list. Imperial, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s behavioral science degrees to 136 students in 2019-2020.

IVC also made our “Best Behavioral Science Associate Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Imperial Valley College is $1,111 for california associate degree behavioral science students.

Full Imperial Valley College Behavioral Science Report

#2

American River College

Sacramento, California

#2 in overall quality

$4,816 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Behavioral Science Schools for an Associate in California that were part of this year’s ranking, American River College landed the #2 spot on the list. Sacramento, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s behavioral science degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

American River also took the #2 spot in our “Best Behavioral Science Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for American River is $4,816 for california associate degree behavioral science students.

Read full report on Behavioral Science at American River

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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